A New Part of Our Hisory Discovered!

Archeologist have recovered a finger bone from a cave in Denisova that could date anywhere from 30,000 to 48,000 years back. They have found a bone of an child about age 5 to 7 and of currently unknown gender. The mitochondrial DNA has shown that there are major differences in the genetic code from modern humans and the ancestor of the modern human. The scientist are still waiting on nuclear DNA to confirm their theory. If this is indeed another new species of human, it means that migration out of Africa was more common than they originally thought. They also believe that the different species that existed could have lived together, coexisting in some parts of the world. When this child lived it would have been at the end of the Ice Age, and clothes would have been worn to avoid freezing. Within the same layer that the bone was found in there are jewelry and pottery that are normally associated with more advanced species. This could be just a shift in level, but there is, of yet, no more information on this.

The scientists arem, for now, holding back on their theories until nuclear DNA has been sequenced. But we are all hopeful for a new discovery into the past of advanced organisms. I realize that I am a science geek, but this significantly brightened my day, at the prospect of knowing even a fraction more on our evolutionary path.